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BYRD v. SMITH

No. 26683.

407 F.2d 363 (1969)

Richard E. BYRD, Petitioner-Appellee, v. S. Lamont SMITH, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Georgia, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 4, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Marion O. Gordon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joel C. Williams, Jr., Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

Earle B. May, Jr., Trammell E. Vickery, Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and THORNBERRY and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

When Gideon sounds his trumpet courts listen. This time the horn calls for Richard E. Byrd, convicted in 1962 of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment at age sixteen.

On the basis of the briefs and record, we have concluded that the case is appropriate for summary disposition without oral argument. Pursuant to new Rule 18 of the Rules of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit...

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